Video Card is Whistling, what can this be?

softe

softe

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My videocard has been making this weird whistling noise, cant figure out what it is, its a Nvidia 7800, its pretty new so not sure why, is it the heat as its really hot here in california, or am i doing something wrong, or is the card just going bad?
 
Clean the heatsink/fan. Dust+California is no good and probably means that the fan is spinning at (near) 100%, which is pretty loud and bad in the long run.
 
Hi, i have just retirned a BGF 260 ocx for a whistling problem. Does it only happen in or when using a 3d application such as call of duty 4 or even google earth??

The explanation i was given by BFG was because of the overclock it was capaciter and transister resination. it will not affect the life of the card but i found it ot just be annoying

Hitty
 
It can be a capacitor or a older type voltage regulator making the whistling or sometimes a crackling sound.
 
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